The Railway Children | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway News ( Keighley and Worth Valley Railway News ( News, videos and photographs from your favourite railway Main menu ‘The Railway Children’ Weekend, 2nd – 4th May Join us as we celebrate 45 years since the filming of ‘The Railway Children’ right here at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. The Railway will be running a special timetable using some of the coaches from the film on a vintage train. Well known scenes from the film will be re-enacted around the Oakworth area where tea and buns will be served. In addition there will be guided tours of Oakworth Station and also of locations used in the film well known to generations of children and adults alike.

Weekend schedule Every day – Re-enactments of scenes from the film Every day – ‘Old Gentleman’s’ coach open to the public at Oxenhope Sunday & Monday – Guest appearance of Chris Witty who played the hapless schoolboy Jim in the film Saturday & Monday – Guided Railway Children walks from Oxenhope and Oakworth Saturday & Sunday – Haworth Locomotive Works tour Monday – Railway Children Bus Tour Official launch of the 3rd edition of the book, ‘The Making of the Railway Children’ Every day – programme of events including historic coaches used in the film and rides behind ‘Sir Berkeley’ in a rare vintage coach. And add to this 2 train operation every day with 43924 and 34092 ‘Wells’ For more details and timetable of events ⇒ Locomotive Roster for ‘The Railway Children’ Weekend With the May Bank Holiday stretching the weekend to 3 days and ‘The Railway Children’ weekend running across all 3 days we have two train operation on for all to enjoy. On the roster for the whole weekend are MR 4F 0-6-0 43924 and West Country Pacific 34092 ‘Wells’.

Class 101 DMU will be on all the diesel services. And don’t forget, mid-week, the Diesel Railcar Service that operates on Wednesday. For the timetables in operation this weekend, please click HERE to visit the main website. Whilst every effort will made to ensure that the advised motive power is available, the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway reserve the right to change this when operational circumstances so dictate. Featured image: Peter Guy 3rd Edition of ‘The Making of The Railway Children’ Now Available The Railway, through the dedication of long standing volunteer, ex-Oakworth station master and Haworth Station employee, Jim Shipley, has released a new edition of the best-selling book on the making of ‘The Railway Children’ which is available now from Haworth Station and is selling well, so don’t miss your copy. First published in 2010 to coincide with the film’s 40th anniversary celebrations, this updated and enlarged third edition is crammed with memories from many of the volunteers and locals who worked on the film and there are over 140 photographs, many previously unpublished. Read more about this excellent book about the iconic 1970s film, click HERE .

3rd Edition of ‘The Making of The Railway Children’ on sale 2nd March The Railway, through the dedication of long standing volunteer and Haworth Station employee, Jim Shipley, is releasing a new edition of its best-selling book on the making of ‘The Railway Children’ which will be published in March and available from Haworth Station on 2nd March. First published in 2010 to coincide with the film’s 40th anniversary celebrations, this updated and enlarged third edition is crammed with memories from many of the volunteers and locals who worked on the film and there are over 140 photographs, many previously unpublished. Just in time for Christmas the Haworth shop has just received the Bachmann ‘The Railway Children’ Train pack. The pack comprises GWR 57xx Pannier tank GNSR livery (as featured in the film) Two GNSR livery coaches (as featured in the film) Scenecraft Oakworth station building (specially commissioned) Does not include track or controller This collectable gift pack will delight fans young and old, of the popular childrens film. Based on the novel of the same name by E.

Nesbit, the film follows the adventures of the Waterbury children on the fictional ‘Great Northern and Southern Railway’ in Yorkshire. The director Lionel Jeffries used the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and its station Oakworth as a backdrop for the film. RAILWAY CHILDREN © Copyright STUDIOCANAL FILMS LTD, 1970 Price: £129 For more model railway train sets, packs and rolling stock, click HERE . ‘The Railway Children’ 00 scale Model Train Pack Model train manufacturer, Bachmann, has announced the introduction a range of highly collectable railway gift packs that evoke the nostalgia of Britain’s historic railways. Of greatest interest in this series of three packs is ‘The Railway Children’ pack. These are not the traditional train sets as these packs do not feature track but instead feature a locomotive and rolling stock. The pack for The Railway Children includes our GWR 0-6-0 Pannier Tank 5775 in the GNSR livery and two GNSR livery coaches (as featured in the film). In addition the pack includes a specially commissioned Scenecraft Oakworth station to complete the scene and a certificate to mark the purchase.

We will keep you informed as to when these exclusive products will be available are they will make wonderful gifts for the seasoned collector or that special someone. Others in the series, all featuring ex-GWR locomotives, are The Shakespeare Express and a First World War Ambulance Train. Railway Children Weekend : 3rd – 5th May Following on from Christmas showing of the favourite children’s film, The Railway Children, the spotlight once again turns to the railway where the original film was made, the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Whilst Jenny Agutter (Roberta [Bobbie]), Gary Warren (Peter) or Sally Thomsett (Phyllis) or any other of the actors in the film will not be there on the day, a local contingent will play the various characters and re-enact scenes from this wonderful and ageless film. Sadly the Green Dragon and the other engines in the film are currently retired from active duty but engines from the current operating fleet will play the star roles those retired engines fulfilled in the film. Click here for more details on the main website. This event has become a must visit on the Worth Valley Railway calendar, so take a look at this video by Mollsmyre to see what the day has in store.

Readers may also like to view the excellent short video from the On Location TV program that looked back at filming of the The Railway Children. Merlin Top Primary Academy bring ‘The Railway Children’ to Life As part of their studies, Year 3 children at Merlin Top Primary Academy in Keighley are reading ‘The Railway Children’ and watching the film and, to help bring their studies to life, 50 children and staff spent a day on the Railway in November. On a cold and frosty morning the children were transported by Diesel Rail Bus at Oxenhope to Ingrow for a visit to the Vintage Carriages Trust museum, stopping at Oakworth en route so that the children could see where the film had been made. After an enjoyable time in the museum it was back on the Rail Bus to Keighley and return to Oxenhope for lunch. The children ate their packed lunch in the Buffet and then visited the Exhibition Shed where they had photographs with the Railway Children cut outs. The children have written to the Railway to say how much they enjoyed their day and the staff commented that it was one of the best school trips they have done.

For some children the highlight was the ride on the rail bus, for others the carriages in the Ingrow museum, for others going on the footplate of Lord Mayor or visiting the Exhibition Shed and for some, simply having their lunch in Oxenhope Buffet. If you know a school that would like to organise an educational visit like this one, or just arrange a school outing and ride on the Railway, contact the railway by e-mail admin@kwvr.co.uk , telephone: 01535 640464 (09:00-17:30, 7 days a week) or fax 01535 647317 The Railway Children It’s Christmas time, and as well as Santa Clause travelling every weekend between Oxenhope and Keighley, you can be sure of one thing – The Railway Children will be on the television at least once during the festive period. The film had its Christmas exposure today and appropriately we bring you a video that may have passed you by.

Having been made over 40 years ago and been the subject of an award-winning book by long serving member Jim Shipley – Making of the Railway Children – the film was the subject of an edition of On Location, a documentary charting the making of the film and the way the Railway and some of our officers, in one way or another, contributed to the lasting success the film enjoys. Although first aired a few years ago, it is possible that many of our readers missed this excellent documentary and, so, we are pleased to bring this video today for your enjoyment. Presented by actor John Middleton, more familiar as Ashley Thomas in Emmerdale, this is a nicely presented 10 minute cameo and we are delighted to bring it to a wider audience. Interestingly, The Railway Children is referred to as “our film”, due testimony to the manner in which the film and the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway are intrinsically linked. Earlier this year the Railway held a Railway Children Day and this superb video visits all the locations used in the film.

Video: Steve Ball Oakworth Station – The home of the railway children | Loco Yard Oakworth Station – The home of the railway children Simon - Brookes Castle / 22/08/2015 Good evening, In July I took my daughter to see the Railway Children stage show in London ( which I reviewed here ) and since then she has become very interested in the book and 1970s feature film. Whilst at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway I couldn’t miss the opportunity to recreate part of the movie with her waving out of the carriage as we thundered towards Oakworth just like the old gentleman. Unfortunately our Green Dragon on the day was actually grey but you can’t win everything. Oakworth Station was opened with the line in 1867 and originally there was a signal box at the station which controlled a goods loop giving access to the goods yard and the level crossing. That signal box was removed in the 1950s and the control of the level crossing passed to the station staff, although it is still noticeable that the level crossing is still double track width, even though there is only a single line through the crossing.

The goods siding is still in use and is home to some of the lines many wagons. Sadly we didnt get a chance to explore Oakworth but next time we visit the line it is a must as you never know, we might even bump into Mr Perks! Thanks for reading. The Railway Children (1970) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance. Director: a list of 34 titles created 07 Jan 2014 a list of 26 titles created 11 Apr 2014 a list of 25 titles created 24 May 2015 a list of 37 titles created 9 months ago a list of 30 titles created 9 months ago Title: The Railway Children (1970) 7.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site?

Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 nomination. See more awards » Photos A mysterious, very old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in her squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the ... See full summary » Director: Lionel Jeffries On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise... See full summary » Director: Claude Whatham Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a lion messiah. Director: Bill Melendez The Daleks' fiendish plot in 2150 against Earth and its people is foiled when Dr. Who and friends arrive from the 20th century and figure it out.

Director: Gordon Flemyng A young girl gets lost in the Australian outback and befriends a kangaroo Director: Yoram Gross Young Oliver Twist runs away from an orphanage and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor. Director: Carol Reed Edit Storyline The film opens in a happy, comfortable upper middle-class home in Edwardian London. One night in 1905, the three children see their father usher two strangers into his study. After an argument he leaves with them and does not return. They and their mother fall on hard times and eventually move to a cottage in the country. Yet they keep their spirits up and find ways to help others. Fascinated by the nearby railway, they wave to the passengers faithfully every day, and their vigilance and courage prevent an accident. Their kindness makes friends of some important people who can help solve the mystery of their missing father. Written by Paul Emmons <pemmons@wcupa.edu> A film for adults to take their children, too! See more » Genres: 26 December 1970 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know?

Trivia The British Film Institute ranks this film as the 66th Best British Film of all time, the only children's film to make the list. See more » Goofs This movie is set in 1905, yet after Perks opens the crossing gates to let an express train through, it's hauled by an 0-6-2 N2 class locomotive, a type of locomotive not built until the early 1920s. See more » Quotes Bobbie Waterbury : It's Perks's birthday, he's 42, he says he got other things to keep than his birthday, not rabbits and secrets but the kids and the bloomin' missus. Bobbie Waterbury : Same thing isn't it? Phyllis Waterbury : Bloomin' missus is a sort of a germ of endearment isn't it? See more » Crazy Credits As the end credit captions are displayed the shot tracks towards a steam locomotive, in front of which are gathered the principal cast. They are surrounded by extras portraying local townspeople, who wave and say goodbye to the audience. All the while, Jenny Agutter is preoccupied with writing something on a slate.

As the camera reaches her, she holds it up to display the words "The End". See more » Connections The Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo (uncredited) Romanticised nostalgia for the days of steam 7 December 2003 | by Filmtribute (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Such is the impact of Lionel Jeffries magical 1970 film version of `The Railway Children' that I can well recall the time my grandfather dragged me from my play to watch one of his favourite movies when it was first screened on television. A quarter of a century later as a father of a small boy my interest has been revived and I find myself becoming something of a railway child once more. The number of privately restored railways that exist conveniently to hand, as though to undermine Dr Richard Beeching's efficiency cuts of the 1960's, further help this pastime. Most notable of these is the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, one of the first and best known revived lines, used by Catherine Morshead for Carlton TV's remake of this movie in 2000.

The actual location used for this first film was in Bronte country with the Haworth Parsonage passing for the doctor's house, though the true star was the Keighly and Worth Valley Railway which had been reopened by volunteers six years after its closure in 1962. This film was well liked by the younger generation besotted with all things `Thomas the Tank Engine', including `Thomas and the Magic Railway' an all American reworking of Rev W Awdry's creation starring Alec Baldwin and Henry Fonda, serving to add to the ever growing collectable models now available. A middle class family lose their government official of a father on spying charges and are forced to adjourn to the country in reduced circumstances to a wonderful house that many would dream of living in. Being spared incarceration in a school, the fate of most of today's children, they fully enjoy their privileged freedom and have some adventure through befriending the neighbouring railway line. A word of caution should however be issued regarding the landslide and near train crash, which had a disturbing effect on the younger viewer, though undoubtedly in a different sense to that imprinted on the minds of some older fans.

The moment when Jenny Agutter as the pristine heroine Bobby faints dead away after powerfully arresting the train is matched in the lump-in-the-throat stakes when she runs along the platform for the reunion with her father with her immortal cry of "Daddy, my Daddy". Before returning to the UK to star in The Railway Children, Agutter had spent three months touring the Australian Outback for the filming of Walkabout and being disconsolate about where society was going was unsure of doing the film, but fortunately she was charmed by the director's vitality. He had been encouraged by his daughter to turn the book into a film and Agutter was a natural choice having already played the part of Bobbie two years earlier for a BBC serial. The film provided Agutter her breakthrough first part in the National Theatre four years later as Shakespeare's Miranda, opposite Sir John Gielgud's Prospero, in `The Tempest'.

This in turn led to an eighteen year career in the US, with such memorable films as the cult sci-fi `Logan's Run' and the successful horror and humour cross in `An American Werewolf in London', as well as one of her personal favourite creations as the ill-used Ann in Beryl Bainbridge's strangely unromantic `Sweet William'. As well as being official patron of the Edith Nesbit and The Railway Children website, Agutter has been working on a dramatisation of the author's life, and would seem the obvious choice for the role having such a deep professional connection. Sally Thomsett winsomely squeezes her notoriously corseted twenty-year-old frame into the role of the younger sister Phyllis, some six years her junior, and her brother Peter is an ably suited Gary Warren. A very graceful Dinah Sheridan is Mrs Waterbury, the mother, whilst Bernard Cribbins creates a manic porter in Perks. As a teenager Edith Nesbit lived for three years at Halstead Hall, near Knockholt Station in Kent with its deep railway cuttings and tunnels and about half an hour from London, which is believed to have given her the inspiration for her famed novel.

Nesbit's use of her plain initial for her writing disguised her gender back in 1906 and whether or not this was a conscious intention it led to her occasionally being thought a male writer. Why J K Rowling of Harry Potter fame should chose to do the same nearly a century later escapes me especially as the identity behind any pseudonym is easily uncovered today? Possibly it is to do with the tradition of male fantasy writers using only their initials, as in such luminaries as J M Barrie, C S Lewis, and J R R Tolkein. Women writers today surely don't face the same difficulties and social barriers that the Bronte sisters and George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) had, being forced to take masculine nom de plumes in order to get their work published, but do they fear that male readers will automatically be deterred if the work is obviously by a girl'? Conversely it is a man, who coyly disguises his gender presumably for a female market, that has written the romantic novels of Emma Blair. Curiously, whilst the Brontes have subsequently been published under their own names rather than their Bell aliases, George Eliot's work has not been liberated in this way.

If literature, that previously anonymous and faceless industry, enabling women to compete on an equal footing, continues the current invidious marketing trend of promoting works by beautiful and youthful authors rather than on the merits of the works alone, then how can any other industry ever stand a hope of breaking the sexist and ageist glass ceilings? The legacy of this film and the book continues with its name being used by a Wigan based pop group in 1984, and in 1995 for the very worthy charity for vulnerable youngsters arriving alone at railway stations in some of the world's poorest countries. The film still represents family entertainment at its best with nostalgia for another time and place enhancing the tale. 19 of 23 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Film locations for The Railway Children (1970) Visit Bradford Visit: the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Keighley station is on the National Rail network, with connections to Leeds and Bradford Forster Square every 30 minutes. In Addition, Keighley is also served by longer distance trains between Leeds, Lancaster, Morecambe and Carlisle and London Kings Cross.

Visit: the Brontë Parsonage Museum , Haworth, Keighley West Yorkshire BD22 8DR. Open every day from 10.00am - 5.30pm, April to September; 11.00am - 5.00pm, October to March (except 24-27 December and 4-31 January) Admission charge (tel: 01535.642323) Trivia The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway has also been featured in Yanks, Fairy Tale – a True Story, Jude, Pink Floyd – The Wall and Disney’s 1976 Escape From The Dark (about the plight of pit ponies), plus countless TV shows. In the area A few miles away, Bradford is home to the National Media Museum . British New Wave classics such as Room At The Top and Billy Liar were filmed in the city.

The Railway Children location: Oakworth Station, West Yorkshire Photograph: flickr / Colin Smith Lionel Jeffries ’ 1970 film remains probably the best loved version of E Nesbit’s famous book about the Waterbury family, three Edwardian children and their mother, who have to move to Yorkshire when daddy is wrongly imprisoned. Most of the film was made in West Yorkshire , and you can download a map of the Railway Children location walk from Visit Bradford . The Railway Children location: the London home: Gainsborough Gardens, Hampstead, NW3 The film begins, though, at the Waterbury family home in London . It’s a rather nice house at 3 Gainsborough Gardens, off Well Walk, in Hampstead, NW3. The wrought iron arch still frames the entrance. Please note that Gainsborough Gardens is a gated enclave of private houses. The family soon relocates to the north, where the railway line used for filming is the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway – mainly the stretch between Keighley and Oxenhope, about five miles to the south. The railway opened in 1867 to service the local textile industry, though many of the woollen mills that once stood close to the line have been demolished.

Following closure by British Rail in 1962, local people and railway enthusiasts formed a Preservation Society and, after many years of volunteer struggle, re-opened the to passenger traffic in 1968. The Railway Children location: Stationmaster Perks’ house: Oakworth, West Yorkshire Photograph: Nigel Hatton ‘Oakworth Station’ is, indeed, Oakworth, a couple of miles southwest of Keighley, and about halfway to Oxenhope. Immediately south of the station, 61 Station Road is the house of station-master Perks ( Bernard Cribbins ). The Railway Children location: ‘Three Chimneys’, the family house: Bents’ Farm, Oxenhope, West Yorkshire Photograph: Nigel Hatton The children’s home,‘Three Chimneys’, can be found a couple of miles to the south of Oakworth in the village of Oxenhope. It's Bents Farm, a little to the north of Oxenhope Station at the end of the road running south from Marsh Lane.

The Railway Children location: the village store: Church Lane, Haworth, West Yorkshire Photograph: istock / Stevegeer The village seen in the film is Haworth, halfway between Oakworth and Oxenhope, famous as home to the Brontë sisters. You can see the shops, where the children collect presents for Perks’ birthday, on Main Street, Lodge Street (the ironmonger’s where the children get a shovel) and Church Lane (the house with the flight of stone steps which stood in for the Post Office and General Store). The Railway Children location: the doctor’s house: Brontë Parsonage, Haworth, West Yorkshire Photograph: flickr / Raymond Godfrey The Doctor’s house is in fact the Brontë Parsonage Museum itself, Church Street, south of the village. Built in 1779, it’s the house where Emily, Charlotte and Anne wrote Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and is open to the public.

The Railway Children location: the railway tunnel: Mytholmes Tunnel, Haworth, West Yorkshire Photograph: Nigel Hatton You’ll find the tunnel, where schoolboy Jim injures his leg during the paperchase, north of Haworth toward Oakworth. It's the Mytholmes Tunnel, Mytholmes Lane, while a few yards south on the line is the Metal Bridge seen in the famous ‘goodbye’ shot. A yorkshire classic: Celebrate the Railway Children in the gorgeous setting of the original tear-jerker | Daily Mail Online A Yorkshire Classic: Celebrate the Railway Children in the gorgeous setting of the original tear-jerker comments Daddy, my daddy!' shouted Bobbie, as the steam cleared and her long-lost father walked along the platform towards her. It was a cinematic moment like none other, requiring a year's supply of man-size tissues. Now, 40 years on from the release of the original film, the village of Haworth, in West Yorkshire, is celebrating its enduring legacy as home to the Railway Children. The film adaptation of Edith Nesbit's heartwarming book was made here during the hot summer of 1970.

You can visit all of the well-loved sights, from Bents House, the iconic family home known in the film as the Three Chimneys, to Oakworth Station, where the tearjerking scenes of the father's homecoming were filmed. The village of Haworth, in West Yorkshire, is celebrating its enduring legacy as home to The Railway Children The tourist board is going full steam ahead next month, with Railway Children tours and the chance for children to ' be Mr Perks' on selected dates until September. Children - or grownups, for that matter - can take on Mr Perks's stationmaster role on the steam railway, operating the signals and greeting trains. But you probably won't have to rip off your red petticoat to wave a warning at a train approaching a landslip. Even if you are not a fan, a wander around the pretty village set in the Pennines deep in Bronte country and backed by wild moorland will be entertainment enough. The views make you gasp, as do the cakes in tea shops up and down the cobbled streets.

Stay in The Old Registry, with its nine individually themed rooms, and sample famous breakfasts, with sausages from local butcher Lishman's - one of Rick Stein's 'food heroes'. For Railway Children fans, Haworth won't disappoint. In a scene from the 1970s classic, the railway children talk to the train's conductor Start at the visitor information centre in West Lane, which acted as the butcher's shop in the film. From here follow the Railway Children Walk, a five-mile round trip. You can call in at the Royal Oak where William Mervyn - alias 'the Old Gentleman' - reportedly retreated one afternoon, still in costume, to enjoy a few ales with fellow cast members. Nearby is the Bronte Parsonage Museum, named after Charlotte and Emily who lived here in the mid-1800s, and which doubled as Dr Forrest's surgery. The cosy Fleece Inn on Main Street with its stone-flagged bar is an idyllic stop-off. Stills from the making of the film line the walls. The rooms above served as the location office and landlord Nick Hindle insists that Jenny Agutter (Bobbie) still visits every year to lead a charity walk.

He proclaimed her as 'lovely, down-to-earth and fond of a pint of Landlord'. The Railway Children play on the railway tracks: Jenny Agutter (centre) playing Bobbie with Sally Thomsett as Phyllis and Gary Warren as Peter Ten minutes walk from the centre of the village is the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, which runs for five miles between Keighley through Damems, Oakworth and Haworth to Oxenhope - most services are still steam-operated. It was here the famous landslide was filmed. A glass-fibre tree was slid up and down the embankment while the children battled to save the train from disaster. Whether you want a pilgrimage to the Railway Children's spiritual home or simply to explore a charming English village, Haworth is just the ticket. _______________________________________________________________________________ The Old Registry Guest House, Haworth: rooms from £75, B&B.

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Question: Which heritage railway featured on the original film of The Railway Children?
Answer: keighley and worth valley railway